{"id":1998056,"date":"2025-09-05T00:37:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1998056"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:37:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:37:38","slug":"rupaul-to-star-in-action-comedy-set-in-drag-race-universe-from-director-adam-shankman-bleecker-street-and-world-of-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/rupaul-to-star-in-action-comedy-set-in-drag-race-universe-from-director-adam-shankman-bleecker-street-and-world-of-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"RuPaul to Star in Action-Comedy Set in \u2018Drag Race\u2019 Universe From Director Adam Shankman, Bleecker Street and World of Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt9174472\/\">RuPaul<\/a> will trade the runway for the big screen, starring in a new and, as yet, untitled action-comedy from \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0427327\/\">Hairspray<\/a>\u201d director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0788202\/\">Adam Shankman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bleecker Street has teamed up with Emmy-winning media company <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1045059\/\">World of Wonder<\/a> to acquire North American rights to the film. The film, which is billed as the first-ever feature from the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1353056\/\">RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/a>\u201d universe, will be released theatrically nationwide in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to an official plot description, the film will follow \u201cbest friends Tess and DeeDee, train stewardesses who trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. When a catastrophic \u2018Stormganza\u2019 threatens to derail the high-speed train and crash it into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first class attendants, and President Gagwell (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0750412\/\">RuPaul<\/a>), to save the day.\u201d The whole thing sounds a little like \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0075223\/\">Silver Streak<\/a>,\u201d only a lot more fabulous.<\/p>\n<p>RuPaul says: \u201cPresident Judy&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RuPaul will trade the runway for the big screen, starring in a new and, as yet, untitled action-comedy from \u201cHairspray\u201d director Adam Shankman. Bleecker Street has teamed up with Emmy-winning media company World of Wonder to acquire North American rights to the film. 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